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Is it permissible for a menstruating female teacher or student to touch and read the Mushaf out of necessity if she is also in a state of major ritual impurity (junub)?

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Those who permit a menstruating woman to touch the Quran are the Malikis, if the touching is for the purpose of teaching or learning, and whether she is also in a state of ritual impurity (janabah) or not, because the ruling here is for menstruation. The difference between a menstruating woman and a person in a state of janabah is that the latter can remove the impediment by ghusl (ritual bath) or tayammum (dry ablution), whereas a menstruating woman cannot. If her menstruation ceases, she is then prohibited from touching the Quran. A woman in postpartum bleeding (nifas) is similar to her in all of these rulings.

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